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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1901
Page
4
The Boston Post explains subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions and notes payment in advance. It lists contact points in Boston and New York hotels where the paper is available and provides instructions for address changes and notices of discontinuation.
Editorial criticizes Texas lawmakers for refusing to return Galveston’s tax share for fifteen years to fund gulffront fortification. The piece notes the city’s post disaster rebuilding spirit and treats the two year relief offer as woefully inadequate, urging state support and praising self help.
More than 20 000 tame pigeons were killed or wounded in the Grand American Handicap on Long Island New York last week. About 2000 of the birds are free and suffering with broken bones and disabled wings as citizens urge prohibitory laws.
A New York resident praises Boston for universal male courtesy in street cars where men of all statuses offer seats to women. The writer notes we should live up to this standard and contrasts it with New York practices described in the same letter.
The text contrasts crowded city cars where women struggle for balance while men read, noting that middle aged men often give up seats less often. It laments New York influence on manners and hails Boston as a model for courteous treatment of women.
The Italian murder defendant Luigi Storti in Boston faces a postponed execution to allow review of new defense evidence and the prison physician cites poor health. Prominent Italian residents urge clemency or commutation if allegations of perjury are proven, while Governor Crane will consider the case.
Congressman Slayden reports Cuban delegates largely oppose the Platt amendment and warn that endorsing it would resemble yielding to a robber with a pistol. The piece contrasts Cuban views with optimistic consignments from visitors and asks if the United States should force independence on Cuba under threat.
The Observant Citizen notes the Massachusetts Commonwealth phrase from the state constitution and recounts a peculiar evening encounter with a corpulent woman afraid of dogs on a foggy street. The piece floats from civic wording to a light anecdote about a dog and maternal instinct.
Clinton Scollard notes in Woman's Home Companion that Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter each inspire love in different scenes. Spring welcomes birds and scent filled fields, Summer offers carefree delight, Autumn brings carnival and harvest, and Winter invites books and aurora sights.
The excerpt lists meals for breakfast lunch and dinner including oranges rolled oats Finnan Haddie chicken roast duck and cracker pudding. It cites MBS A E Cole of 102 Devon Street Roxbury as the source and provides a recipe of cracker pudding with milk eggs sugar and spices.
Phyllis Gregory, torn by jealousy and heartbreak after a stable engagement to Kenneth Putnam, endures separation and tragedy. On a bright Easter morning, Kenneth returns alive, restoring hope and love as Phyllis reconciles and vows a renewed future.
A Brookline Day Nursery fundraiser features a costume party with guests urged to wear baby, nurse, or grandmother attire. Notables from Brookline and Boston attend, with proceeds aiding charity. events include afternoon and evening sessions in Whitney Hall and a Wellesley Club ladies night at the Brunswick.
A reader critiques the Boston Art Club's sixty fourth exhibition for dull repetition by local artists and overbearing jury taste. He notes familiar Holland and Maine coast themes, says New York pieces are favored, and laments lack of new pictures and poor hanging.
Groveland Massachusetts letter confirms a Paul Revere bell at the local orthodox church dated 179% with his name on it. Fred A Wood notes the April 4 Post item about Revere bells and asserts this Groveland bell bears his signature.
In Chicago three Erie railroad men F W Buskirk F A Garfield and R H Wallace teased an outsider with a joke about ice worms. Garfield explained the ice worm eats frozen water and makes ice por ous, causing storage issues. A St Paul man learns of the tale amid a string of city humor.
A fragmentary Washington Star line questions ration money and invention while a Times Herald note counts four towns in Massachusetts without free public libraries and critiques local pride in seeking aid. The quotes reflect small town and fiscal tensions in early reporting.
Miss Blien L Duff seeks the cooking principal post in Boston public schools as committee debates the merit of a woman lead in cookery while her sister-in-law Mrs Julia Duff and husband remain away in Washington. Duff is a popular, amiable veteran teacher who dislikes campaigning, leaving mobilization to family support.
Newton Seminary replies to Lasell College after a manifesto by Lasell girls denounces profanity and vows no kiss with anyone who says darn it. Newton students defend slang saying mild curses can spice dances and courting.
London April 6 Eugene Zimmerman visits the Duke of Manchester finances and comments on Tandragee Castle cold heat woes and slow English governance He vows to return home to Cincinnati and jokes no castles in mine while criticizing the English Ste Trust and seeking faster action from London officials
Lent ends and society bursts into weddings with Miss Anne Outram Sturgis to Dr. Sidney Archer Lord at Emmanuel Church. Attendants include sisters Susan and Beatrice Sturgis and Harriet Lord. Best man Frederick Waite Lord and many Hallowell and Sturgis relatives. Multiple other weddings planned with Boston and New York connections and invitations distributed.
Bristol Rhode Island April 7 Sheriff Philo V. Cady found Manuel Cabral the only prisoner in the county jail hanging himself with a shirt rope. He was held on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon on his wife Mary Cabral.
Bennington Vermont April 7 Jo Jones age 40 was struck and killed while sitting on a track of the Bennington and Hoosick Valley railway. Westerly Rhode Island April 7 Clay Foster cashier of the Phenix National Bank died suddenly this morning.
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